I haven’t gotten to the download point where there is over 2 TB of proveable downloadable data. I’m sure that I’ve been responsible for more electron movement than 97.4% of Internet users (helps that the Internet is my friend and it’s a loose friend that gives everyone access). Starting to think about the quantity of data that comprises 2 TB made me wonder what I could compare that quantity to… or what couldn’t I compare it to?

There won’t be a full history on downloads and how and why, nor will I really mention where the following data came from and how it can or can’t be substantiated. Trust that the data was downloaded and that my newsgroup subscription is rarely not used or abused.

If you need me to download something for you, just let me know, I seem to be pretty good at it.

Period Start

Period End

Days

Bytes

GB

Previous 30 years….

10/30/2004

12721.21

1,170,528,069

1.17

10/30/2004

11/30/2004

31.05

5,274,954,276

5.27

11/30/2004

12/30/2004

30

13,421,047,139

13.42

12/30/2004

1/30/2005

31

4,537,641,306

4.54

1/30/2005

2/28/2005

29

31,578

0

2/28/2005

3/28/2005

28

107,561,711

0.11

3/28/2005

4/28/2005

30.96

645,362,435

0.65

4/28/2005

5/28/2005

30

135,974,584

0.14

5/28/2005

6/28/2005

31

3,235,163,801

3.24

6/28/2005

7/28/2005

30

1,072,033,785

1.07

7/28/2005

8/28/2005

31

4,137,195,936

4.14

8/28/2005

9/28/2005

31

1,471,865,844

1.47

9/28/2005

10/28/2005

30

6,117,833,584

6.12

10/28/2005

11/28/2005

31.04

1,103,188,263

1.1

11/28/2005

12/28/2005

30

12,557,529,533

12.56

12/28/2005

1/28/2006

31

3,849,491,455

3.85

1/28/2006

2/28/2006

31

19,476,353,632

19.48

2/28/2006

3/28/2006

28

16,158,843,764

16.16

3/28/2006

4/28/2006

30.96

961,928,202

0.96

4/28/2006

5/28/2006

30

15,332,974,308

15.33

5/28/2006

6/28/2006

31

5,464,362,437

5.46

6/28/2006

7/28/2006

30

6,323,155,533

6.32

7/28/2006

8/28/2006

31

715,702,122

0.72

8/28/2006

9/28/2006

31

0

0

9/28/2006

10/28/2006

30

3,312,575,346

3.31

10/28/2006

12/9/2006

42.04

10,109,206,123

10.11

12/9/2006

1/9/2007

31

22,289,064,307

22.29

1/9/2007

2/9/2007

31

7,865,077,073

7.87

2/9/2007

3/9/2007

28

25,515,561,763

25.52

3/9/2007

4/9/2007

30.96

265,881,899

0.27

4/9/2007

5/9/2007

30

2,055,188,591

2.06

5/9/2007

6/9/2007

31

5,241,599,953

5.24

6/9/2007

7/9/2007

30

861,027,893

0.86

7/9/2007

8/9/2007

31

470,775,368

0.47

8/9/2007

9/9/2007

31

1,385,407,142

1.39

9/9/2007

10/9/2007

30

324,490,307

0.32

10/9/2007

11/9/2007

31.04

667,462,534

0.67

11/9/2007

12/9/2007

30

7,502,423,952

7.5

12/9/2007

1/9/2008

31

10,466,993,428

10.47

1/9/2008

2/9/2008

31

25,786,689,630

25.79

2/9/2008

3/9/2008

29

24,585,669,785

24.59

3/9/2008

4/9/2008

30.96

9,438,134,478

9.44

4/9/2008

5/23/2008

44

53,543,401,961

53.54

5/23/2008

6/23/2008

31

24,954,510,454

24.95

6/23/2008

7/23/2008

30

11,822,900,568

11.82

7/23/2008

8/23/2008

31

22,154,717,970

22.15

8/23/2008

9/23/2008

31

19,640,291,641

19.64

9/23/2008

10/23/2008

30

28,112,633,491

28.11

10/23/2008

11/23/2008

31.04

10,577,148,128

10.58

11/23/2008

12/23/2008

30

13,083,409,563

13.08

12/23/2008

1/23/2009

31.02

14,332,564,512

14.33

1/23/2009

2/23/2009

30.98

15,433,644,107

15.43

2/23/2009

3/23/2009

27.96

11,133,180,248

11.13

3/23/2009

4/23/2009

31

73,622,409,444

73.62

4/23/2009

5/23/2009

30

104,475,251,278

104.48

5/23/2009

6/23/2009

31

23,014,486,530

23.01

6/23/2009

7/23/2009

30

20,498,932,532

20.5

7/23/2009

8/23/2009

31

93,991,061,607

93.99

8/23/2009

9/23/2009

31

35,842,692,277

35.84

9/23/2009

10/23/2009

30

39,013,117,533

39.01

10/23/2009

11/23/2009

31.05

137,489,678,074

137.49

11/23/2009

12/23/2009

29.99

6,774,758,193

6.77

12/23/2009

1/23/2010

30.99

34,464,727,682

34.46

1/23/2010

2/23/2010

31

13,307,523,395

13.31

2/23/2010

3/23/2010

27.96

38,773,243,710

38.77

3/23/2010

4/23/2010

31

137,772,039,749

137.77

4/23/2010

5/23/2010

30

25,811,557,702

25.81

5/23/2010

6/23/2010

31

58,724,785,203

58.72

6/23/2010

7/23/2010

30

67,362,361,554

67.36

7/23/2010

8/23/2010

31

217,667,224,740

217.67

8/23/2010

9/23/2010

31

121,013,962,939

121.01

9/23/2010

10/23/2010

30

22,129,459,336

22.13

10/23/2010

11/23/2010

31.04

38,218,554,656

38.22

11/23/2010

12/23/2010

30

42,854,555,612

42.85

12/23/2010

3/13/2011

80

8,587,017,965

8.59

3/13/2010

4/13/2011

30.96

10,640,693,752

10.64

4/13/2010

5/13/2011

30

49,792,200,856

49.79

TOTALS

15,107.21

1,928,044,651,831

1,928.02

For those of you just trying to figure that out, I’ve downloaded almost 2 terabytes of data.

There are many people that download more than that and there are many people have uploaded all of that data enabling me to download it. Whether you have downloaded more or less than I have, you should still admit that downloading almost 2 terabytes of data is something that requires some follow through.

What can you put 2 terabytes of data upon and what would require something like that?

Device

Data Capacity

Units required for 2TB

3.5" floppy disk

1.44 MB

1,276,893

Iomega Zip disk

100 MB

18,387

CD-R / CD-RW

750 MB

2,626

DVD-R / DVD-RW

4.7 GB

391

16GB flash/thumb drive

16 GB

114

Xbox

8 MB

229,840

Xbox 360

512 MB

3,592

Nintendo GameCube

64 MB

28,730

PlayStation 2

40 GB

45

PlayStation 2

160 GB

11

For whatever reason, I’ll keep my downloading rolling along and will continue to amass more data than ever necessary.

Crazy times… I’m upgrading the Internet connection at work from bonded T1 to Ethernet, wait until I have a 10MB connection, I’ll pass that 2 TB in no time.

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